 John Lynam’s Lil Red Corvette left first against Dwayne Watkins in round two of the rain-postponed Kennedale eliminations, but slowed while Watkins made a tough-to-beat 3.91 at 180.83 mph. (Ian Tocher photo) |
 Texas legend Chuck Nuytten made a surprise appearance in Alabama with the workhorse Corvette he has used to test his myriad of engineering concepts over the years. From Pro Stock to Pro Mod, Nuytten, (pronounced “Newton”), has done it all. (Bret Kepner photo) |
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Alabama’s Johnny Pilcher made a best of 4.04/182.55 in Friday testing, Low ET for the Pro Nitrous class. (Jeff Burk photo)
Michael Neal earned ‘Bama Burnout King honors after strapping into Tom Ashley’s revamped ‘67 Nova now trimmed for Extreme 10.5 action. Considering the car started life as a Pro Street rig, its 4.42/167 Low ET pace wasn’t entirely unexpected. (Bret Kepner photo)
 Jason Scruggs bombed the MMP track record with a 3.878/188.91 blast, which may have been the ugliest 3.80-pass ever made by the World’s Quickest Doorslammer Pilot. The surprisingly low speed came from a total lack of traction in the last two hundred feet and the Mississippi Stingray was anything but straight getting to that point. A later aborted pass was even wilder. (Bret Kepner photo) |
 Missourian Terry Murphy made a valiant attempt at grabbing Burnout King honors while pushing Mike Walker’s showpiece C6 ‘Vette to a 4.20/166 best. (Bret Kepner photo) |